From a variety of perspectives, the essays presented here explore the profound interdependence of natural philosophy and rational religion in the long seventeenth century' that begins with the burning of Bruno in 1600 and ends with the Enlightenment in the early Eighteenth century. From the writings of Grotius on natural law and natural religion, and the speculative, libertin novels of Cyrano de Bergerac, to the better-known works of Descartes, Malebranche, Cudworth, Leibniz, Boyle, Spinoza, Newton, and Locke, an increasing emphasis was placed on the rational relationship between...
From a variety of perspectives, the essays presented here explore the profound interdependence of natural philosophy and rational religion in the long...
This is the first modern biography to place Henry More's (1614-1687) religious and philosophical preoccupations centre-stage, and to provide a coherent interpretation of his work from a consideration of his own writings, their contexts and aims. It is also the first study of More to exploit the full range of his prolific writings and a number of unknown manuscripts relating to his life. It contains an annotated handlist of his extant correspondence.
This is the first modern biography to place Henry More's (1614-1687) religious and philosophical preoccupations centre-stage, and to provide a cohe...
Designing for Zero Waste is a timely, topical and necessary publication. Materials and resources are being depleted at an accelerating speed and rising consumption trends across the globe have placed material efficiency, waste reduction and recycling at the centre of many government policy agendas, giving them an unprecedented urgency. While there has been a considerable literature addressing consumption and waste reduction from different disciplinary perspectives, the complex nature of the problem requires an increasing degree of interdisciplinarity. Resource recovery and the...
Designing for Zero Waste is a timely, topical and necessary publication. Materials and resources are being depleted at an accelerating spe...
Winner of the Gold Award in AXIOM Business Book Awards' Philanthropy/Nonprofit/Sustainability category.
Consumerism involves a unique way of thinking that promises a shortcut to a -better- life, obtained through a continuous process of accumulating certain fashionable goods and services. Over the last few decades, this has resulted in a rising tide of cheap, short-lived goods produced, used and discarded in increasingly rapid cycles, along the way depleting resources and degrading environmental systems.
Somebody Else's Problem calls for a radical change in...
Winner of the Gold Award in AXIOM Business Book Awards' Philanthropy/Nonprofit/Sustainability category.
Winner of the Gold Award in AXIOM Business Book Awards' Philanthropy/Nonprofit/Sustainability category.
Consumerism involves a unique way of thinking that promises a shortcut to a -better- life, obtained through a continuous process of accumulating certain fashionable goods and services. Over the last few decades, this has resulted in a rising tide of cheap, short-lived goods produced, used and discarded in increasingly rapid cycles, along the way depleting resources and degrading environmental systems.
Somebody Else's Problem calls for a radical change in...
Winner of the Gold Award in AXIOM Business Book Awards' Philanthropy/Nonprofit/Sustainability category.
